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Japanese Surgeon, Dr. Takasu Angry With Nigerian Officials Over His Donation

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Japanese surgeon, Dr Katsuya Takasu is unhappy with Nigerian sports officials over their recent “grumblings” about the $390,000 donations he made to the Nigeria U-23 Men’s football team, Dream Team V1 at the just concluded Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.

 

The Japanese flew to Brazil to hand over the $390,000 cheques to Siasia and Mikel John Obi (Coach and captain of the team) after winning the soccer bronze of the Rio 2016 Olympics. But immediately after the donation, top Nigerian sports officials have called for investigations to the source of the money.

 

With the development, the Japanese surgeon revealed his displeasure with Nigerian officials especially the sports minister, Solomon Dalung; telling him to conduct an investigation on his foundation by checking the source of the money. “We support women and young people who keep on trying without giving up. I will recommend plastic surgeon of my competition to wear Red Beret,” he stated in a series of tweets.

Boko Haram Menace: Ambode Donates N50m Each To Yobe, Borno And Adamawa Governments

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Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, today handed over N50million cheques to the governors of Yobe, Adamawa and Borno state as part of the Lagos state government’s support towards the rebuilding of their states after the various Boko Haram attacks. Ambode made the donation at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, at a press conference he addressed in company of the Govs of Adamawa, Senator Bindo Jibrilla; Borno, Alhaji Kashim Shettima; and Yobe, Alhaji Ibrahim Geidam.
He commiserated with the state governments as well as the families of those who either lost their loved ones or have been displaced from their homes. Responding on behalf of the states, Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima thanked Ambode for the gesture and promised to channel the money to people of the state who are in dire need of it.

 

Dr Dre To Donate All Money From New Album To Charity In Compton

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Hip Hop mogul and music producer Dr. Dre has announced that he will be donating all of the proceeds from his new album to a Compton charity.

The album, which was the 50 year old’s first in 16 years, was released on August 7th .  Dre used his partnership with Apple Music and Beats 1 to announce details about his work prior to its release, and “Compton: A Soundtrack” was premiered exclusively on Beats 1 Radio.

“Compton” is Dre’s third studio work and will be the official soundtrack for the upcoming movie, “Straight Outta Compton” – a biopic about the famous gangsta’ rap group N.W.A. Featured in the 16-tracked LP are big names such as Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Jill Scott, Eminem, The Game, Ice Cube and Xzibit.

Talking on Beats 1 radio with DJ Zane Lowe, Dre broke the news that all his artist royalties for the work on the album would be donated to help fund a new performing arts and entertainment center in Compton.

“I feel it’s the right thing to do,” Dre said. “And I hope everybody appreciates the work I put into this album.”

Dre will be hands-on with overseeing the project along with Compton mayor Aja Brown.

Dre explained, “I reached out to the Compton mayor’s office, got in touch with the mayor, Aja Brown, and I’ve decided to donate all of my artist royalties from the sale of this album to help fund a new performing arts and entertainment facility for the kids in Compton.  I’ve been really trying to do something special for Compton and just couldn’t quite figure out what it was. [Brown] actually had this idea, and she was already in the process of working on it.”

Earlier, Dre had said that his album was inspired by the movie itself. “During principal photography, I felt myself going to the studio and being so inspired by the movie that I started recording an album.”

“Straight Outta Compton” is expected to be released on August 14th.

Source – www.financialjuneteenth.com

UN Launches Urgent Appeal for Ebola Donations

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UN chief, Ban Ki- moon, has launched yet another emergency appeal for funds to fight Ebola because the UN ran short of its target. He said a $1bn trust fund he launched in September has received just $100,000 (£62,000) so far. He joins a growing chorus of world leaders criticising the global effort to tackle the Ebola outbreak.

Donors have given almost $400m (£250m) to other UN agencies and aid organisations directly but the UN trust fund, intended to act as a flexible spending reserve, has itself only received pledges of just $20m (£12m). Of those countries that have pledged money to the trust fund, only Colombia has paid, giving $100,000 (£62,000).

The UN special envoy on Ebola, David Nabarro, said the fund was intended to offer “flexibility in responding to a crisis which every day brings new challenges… It allows the areas of greatest need to be identified and funds to be directed accordingly,” he added.

Ban said, said it was time for the countries “who really have capacity” to provide financial and other logistical support. “

Zuckerberg & Wife Donate $25M to CDC for Ebola

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 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are donating $25 million to the CDC Foundation to help address the Ebola epidemic. The money will be used by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Ebola response effort in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and elsewhere in the world where Ebola is a threat, the foundation said Tuesday.

The grant follows a $9 million donation made by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen last month. Zuckerberg and Chan are making the grant from their fund at the nonprofit Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

“We need to get Ebola under control in the near term so that it doesn’t spread further and become a long term global health crisis that we end up fighting for decades at large scale, like HIV or polio,” Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday. “We believe our grant is the quickest way to empower the CDC and the experts in this field to prevent this outcome.”

“The most important step we can take is to stop Ebola at its source. The sooner the world comes together to help West Africa, the safer we all will be,” said CDC Director Tom Frieden in a statement.

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